The Little Minister (The Sarony Illustrated Edition)

454, [2] pp. 8vo. Sarony Illustrated Edition, with photographs by Sarony, drawings by W.J. Kennedy. Original green cloth, gilt titles, gold and black decorations, top edge gilt, brief biographical sketch of Barrie precedes text. Illustrated from scenes in the drama of 'The Little Minister,' by photographs from life of Maude Adams, Robert Edeson, and other members of the company, by Sarony. A novel by the creator of Peter Pan, and inspiration for the 1934 Katharine Hepburn film, originally 'published in 1891 and dramatized in 1897. The Little Minister is set in Thrums, a Scottish weaving village based on Barrie's birthplace, and concerns Gavin Dishart, a young impoverished minister with his first congregation. The weavers he serves soon riot in protest against reductions in their wages and harsh working conditions. Warned by Babbie, a beautiful and mysterious Gypsy, that Lord Rintoul, the local laird, has summoned the militia, the weavers prepare for a fight. During the ensuing melee, Dishart rescues Babbie from the soldiers. Dishart and Babbie fall in love, he never suspecting that she is really a well-born lady who is unwillingly betrothed to the old Lord Rintoul. After many trials, the two live happily ever after.' - Encyclopedia Britannica